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Franchise Player
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There is absolutely no rational reason that keeps an organization from tanking once they have no realistic chance of making the playoffs.
The lottery means that even though you finish 30th you might not get the 1st pick overall.... BUT the worst you get is the 2nd pick overall.
What needs to be done is that the worst 3 teams get the number one pick.
The second pick overall should go to the team that gets the most wins (pts) after the trade deadline.
The third pick goes to the bottom (tanking teams) teams and the 4th to the best of the after the deadline teams.... and so on.
Teams in the lottery for 1 3 5 and 7 --- Florida, Colorado, Carolina and Tampa
Teams in Lottery for 2 4 6 and 8 ----
Dallas, Calgary, Winnipeg and Buffalo. Teams that are definitely not tanking and playing better than they did before the deadline.
Teams losing under this system because they tanked Nashville picking 9th through 14th instead of 5th.
Carolina Likely drafting 5th instead of 3rd. Tampa likely drafting 7th instead of 4th.
The teams that have done the best after the deadline would be:
St Louis , , 16
*Chicago , , 15
*Washington , , 14
NY Islanders , , 12
Los Angeles , , 12
Columbus , , 12
Dallas , , 12
NY Rangers , , 11
*Vancouver , , 11
San Jose , , 11
*Pittsburgh , , 10
Winnipeg , , 10
Buffalo , , 10
Calgary , , 10
Toronto , , 9
*Montreal , , 8
Ottawa , , 8
Phoenix , , 8
Boston , , 7
Minnesota , , 7
Colorado , , 7
Philadelphia , , 6
Tampa Bay , , 6
Detroit , , 6
*Anaheim , , 5
New Jersey , , 3
Carolina , , 3
Florida , , 2
Edmonton , , 2
Nashville , , 1
The teams that currently are not going to make the playoffs:
Dallas , , 12 or Columbus 12 or Washington 14
Winnipeg , , 10
Buffalo , , 10
Calgary , , 10
Phoenix , , 8
Colorado , , 7
Philadelphia , , 6
Tampa Bay , , 6
Detroit , , 6
New Jersey , , 3
Carolina , , 3
Florida , , 2
Edmonton , , 2
Nashville , , 1
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